office, and said managers shall hold and conduct said election for said offices at Jackson, heretofore called Dogtown, in said county, in all respects conforming to the laws regulating elections, when the same do not conflict with this act; and the certificates of such inspectors shall be sufficient authority to all of such officers to enter upon the discharge of their duties. Said commissioners shall assemble at said town of Jackson five days before said election, and they are hereby constituted a board of revision and correction, and when so assembled, they shall perform the duties of such board in accordance with the laws regulating the same.

SEC. 4. They shall administer all oaths of office to the officers elected under this act, and approve bonds of the same, which said bonds shall be conditional as the law requires.

SEC. 5. Any qualified elector of said county may hold and exercise the duties of any two of said officers, and no

more.

SEC. 6. That the county of La Salle be attached to McMullen county for judicial purposes.

SEC. 7. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved June 2d, 1873

CHAPTER CCCVI.

An Act to incorporate the Towns of Farmersville, Plano and Weston, in Collin County, Texas.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the citizens of Farmersville, Plano and Weston, in Collin county, each respectively, are hereby created a body politic and corporate, under the name and style respectively of the corporations of the towns of Farmersville, Plano and Weston; and by these names respectively shall have power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and to hold and dispose of real and personal property; provided, such real property is situated within the limits of said corporations.

SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of the citizens of said corporations to elect each a mayor, five aldermen and a

constable; a treasurer and a secretary shall be elected by said aldermen of their respective towns. The treasurer shall be required to give bond, with sufficient security, to be approved by the presiding officer, for the faithful performance of his duties, and to make reports when required by the mayor or aldermen. And the mayor shall have power, when necessary, to suppress riots and disturbances, and to call out the citizens of said corporations for the purpose of restoring order. The treasurer shall also act as assessor and collector, if so required by the board of aldermen.

SEC. 3. That the first election shall be held under the orders of the justice of the peace of the precinct in which said towns are situated, after having given ten days' notice thereof, and annually thereafter under the direction of the mayors, respectively, at least ten days before his term of office expires.

SEC. 4. That no person shall be eligible to any office under the provisions of this charter who is not a qualified elector of this State, and a resident within the limits of the corporations respectively herein named, nor shall any person have a right to vote for officers who is not a qualified elector and resident within its limits six months prior to the election.

SEC. 5. That the mayor and board of aldermen of said towns respectively shall have power to pass such rules and ordinances as may be necessary for the preservation of order within the corporate limits, to levy taxes for the removal of nuisances and keeping the streets in good order, and to prescribe penalties for the violation of the ordinances and by-laws of the corporations; provided, that in no case such penalties in any one year shall exceed one hundred dollars, the taxes levied shall not exceed one half of the State tax, and the mayors respectively, shall have the same jurisdiction in criminal cases as justices of the peace.

SEC. 6. That the limits of said corporation shall extend five hundred yards from the center of the public square in every direction, said limits to be determined and laid off by commissioners to be appointed by the justices of the precincts in which said towns are situated.

SEC. 7. That the mayors, with a majority of the said aldermen, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and shall enact and enforce such rules and

regulations as they may deem necessary for the government of said corporations.

SEC. 8. The first election for mayor and other officers for said corporate towns shall take place on the second Tuesday in July, A. D. 1873.

SEC. 9. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved June 2d, 1873.

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CHAPTER CCCVII.

An Act for the relief of A. T. Watts.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That A. T. Watts be and he is hereby allowed the sum of two hundred and forty-nine and 0.8 dollars for services as special judge of the Third Judicial District of the State of Texas, for twenty-six days, at nine dollars per day, rendered during the months of November and December, A. D. 1872, and that the said sum of two hundred and forty-nine dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay said claim, and that a certified copy of this act shall be sufficient authority for the Comptroller to audit said claim, and to draw his warrant upon the treasurer for the same.

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SEC. 2. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved June 2d, 1873.

CHAPTER CCCVIII.

An Act to incorporate the Town of Decatur, in Wise County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the citizens of the town of Decatur, Wise county, Texas, be and are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, to be known by the name and style of "The town of Decatur;" and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all of the

courts of this State; may have and use a corporate seal, and may purchase, hold and dispose of property of all kinds, real, personal and mixed, in said town.

SEC. 2. That the limits of said corporation shall include all that is embraced in the following boundary lines, to wit: Beginning one-half of one mile due north of the center of the public square of said town of Decatur; thence east one-half mile; thence south one mile; thence west one mile; thence north one mile; thence east one-half of one mile to the beginning.

SEC. 3. That the presiding justice of the said county of Wise is hereby authorized to have said town laid off by the county surveyor of said county, or by any practical surveyor, whose duty it shall be to make notes defining its limits, which said notes and survey shall be delivered to said justice, and by him filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of said county; and the said justice and surveyor shall be paid such fees as the board of aldermen of said town may allow them for the services herein required of them.

SEC. 4. That an election shall be held in said town on the first Tuesday in May, 1873, and annually thereafter on the first Tuesday in May (unless fixed by general law), in each year. At such election there shall be elected a mayor, five aldermen, a treasurer and a marshal; and the persons elected shall continue in office one year, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

SEC. 5. The first election under this act shall be or-. dered by the presiding justice of said county of Wise, who shall give at least ten days notice of such election, by posting notices thereof in five public places within the corporate limits of said town, and also by publishing said notice in some newspaper published in said town, at least once before said election. Said justice shall appoint, as inspectors of said election, three resident citizens of said town, who shall, before entering upon their duties, take and subscribe the oath required by the Constitution and laws of this State, and are hereby fully authorized to hold such election in accordance with the laws of this State. The certificate of such inspectors of the election of any of the officers provided for in this act, shall empower such officers to enter upon their duties, after they shall have taken and subscribed the oath required by the Constitution and laws of this State.

SEC. 6. Notice of all subsequent elections for officers of said town shall be given by the mayor, by causing printed or written notice thereof to be posted up in at least five public places in said town, and also by publishing such notice in some newspaper published in said town, which posted and published notice shall be given at least two weeks before the election shall be held. Three inspectors of election shall be appointed by the board of aldermen for each election, and the certificate of such in spectors of the election of any of the officers provided for in this act, shall empower such officers to enter upon their duties after they shall have taken and subscribed the oath required by the Constitution, and given the requisite bond, in case where bond is by this act by the by-laws of said town required to be given, and after the expiration of the term of office of the then incumbent thereof.

SEC. 7. That whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of mayor of said town, there shall be one elected by a majority of the aldermen to fill such vacancy; and the person so elected shall hold his office until the next election of officers of said town, or until his successors shall be duly qualified.

SEC. 8. That no person shall be eligible to the office of mayor, alderman, treasurer, or marshal, unless he is a qualified voter and a citizen of said town; and no person shall vote in any election for officers in said town unless said person be a qualified voter of Wise county, and a citizen of said town, who shall have resided in said town sixty days preceding such election.

SEC. 9. That the mayor shall be president of the board of aldermen; that a majority of said board shall constitute a quorum to transact business; and that such board may enact such by-laws for the government of said town, not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State, as may be by them deemed proper and necessary; and may prescribe fines or imprisonment, or both fine and imprisonment, for disobedience of such by-laws; provided, that no fine in any case shall exceed one hundred dollars, and no imprisonment shall be for a period longer than ten days; and may fix the times of the regular meetings of said board, and may provide for calling extra sessions of the same.

SEC. 10. That the board of aldermen shall have exercise control over the streets and public places of said